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I was able to watch yesterday the show "The Lost Book of Nostradamus" which will be screened on the History Channel on October the 28th 9PM/8C thanks to Terry from ElectricArtists who send me a copy... Now, first i must say i was a bit surprised that this well designed presskit found me all the way to Austria, i think this is the first time i watched an US show before it is even screened in the US! Before i start i have to say beware... I am biased, i love mysteries, i love mysteries that are shrouded in time and even more so i love documentaries about those topics even more so... In 1994, Italian journalist Enza Massa was at the Italian National Library in Rome conducting research on old texts, when she stumbled upon an unusual find in its stacks; a mysterious manuscript dating to 1629. The name of the book was surprising: NOSTRADAMUS VATINICIA CODE. On the inside of the book was the name of the author, in indelible ink

OMG, I am a prophet! As you can see on my previous post before the world cup, i did predict that New Zealand will loose against the french and that South Africa is going to be the next World Champion, (thats what happend) you may say Nostradamus to me! What a defensive master piece of the Springboks, and what a disaster from the english site to try (first half) to make that a kicking game, when the whole world knows the line out is Springbok-Territory! A very tense, defensive game on both sites. Not a pretty game, but what the heck, the Boks are world champions again Yipeeeeeee

A mysterious book of cryptic prophecies has been discovered at the National Library in Rome, and there is evidence to suggest that it is the final work of the most famous and controversial prophet in the history of the world, Nostradamus. Even more startling than the discovery of the book, though, are the warnings it contains, which were so blasphemous and frightening in their time that they may have been intentionally suppressed until now. In the Lost Book, there are images that strongly hint at future trouble for the Catholic Church, and even one image that appears to portray an assassination attempt on one of the modern era's most beloved popes. There are other images that are said to depict World War I and II, and political movements such as Communism and Fascism. Current global conflicts are also presaged, including the rise of fundamentalism, in particular the current surge of radical Islam. Are the current headlines in the newspapers, on issues like terrorism, global warming, and a resurgence of deadly disease and natural disasters, bearing witness to the last days? And do other cultures and writings around the world, including the Holy Bible, arrive at a similar conclusion to what Nostradamus suggests? The answers are in LOST BOOK OF NOSTRADAMUS. A brand-new special examines the life’s work of Nostradamus and the evidence and contents of this startling discovery in LOST BOOK OF NOSTRADAMUS, premiering Sunday, October 28th at 9:00pm ET/PT on The History Channel

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e73_1192213802&p=1 I am lost for words...

Embarrasing enough not a roman book, but I just finished Ugly Americans, a wonderful book for someone like me who`s interested in "doing the market" cheers viggen

Not so sure if begging from regulars is the right way to do things... ...maybe we find a better way, who knows premium membership, an overly expensive T-Shirt ehhe, but do not worry too much, just keep on be the active wonderful community and things will work out fine... cheers viggen

As this book has been previously reviewed by an esteemed colleague who is quite knowledgeable of the military history of Rome, I will not approach the book from the same vantage point. Instead, I will be reviewing the book as someone who is college educated with a basic knowledge of Roman history, one who recognizes the majority of the names and places mentioned in this book, but certainly is no expert is Roman history. In this light, Matyszak

...for a non english speaker, would that sound something like Seinfeld? (oops, i mean Elaine ) I (german native speaker) lived six years in south africa and when i talk english to a british/american they often think i am from south africa (because an afrikaaner speaking english sounds about like me ) ...going back to the south african example, i did find the english south african (not talking about the "afrikaaner" but the born and raised english south africans), have about the most beautiful accent to listen to and more important i understand even when they speak fast and with themselves, cant say that from any other english accent other maybe the english you hear from the queen and the likes (probably because they cant speak fast ) ...going full circle back to austria/germany, here it is mainly a geographic thing, (basically each valley has its own dialect here) but then of course we had the Habsburg Empire and lots of influence from the south eastern parts of europe, the rest of germany never had, so we austrians developed a broader high austrian dialect on top of the regional dialect that every austrian would understand but someone from germany wouldn have difficulties to do. Exept the most western part of austria which has the allemanic brach of german and that just sound completely different (similar to swiss) btw. sometimes its just a commerical thing (well geographic too), for example the orange, in souther germany and austria we call it simply "Orange" because they were delivered from the mediteranean (france) were it is called pomme d`orange, in the nothern parts they got the fruit via the Dutch Harbours were they called it appelsien (apple from china) and germanized it to Apfelsine...

The good news, actually the unbelievable news is, we just had our one millionth visitor to the site for 2007!!! The not so good news is, our tiny little shared server (with about 40 other domains) that is made for mum and pops site is aching and breaking, sooner or later we have to make a decision to probably upgrade to a dedicated server, which means a server that runs just our site, the even worse news is, that such a dedicated server is only available from 160 dollar a month or more... We tweaked in the last couple of weeks the coding, images and such to get the pressure a bit off the server but as it seems just more and more people visiting the site, (which is cool of course) but making the server issue an even hotter topic for us right now... In case you are interested what a dedicated server means, it means we would be the owner of a whole little computer with cpu/memory and harddisk just for us, which means it is scalable (simply add memory if you run out of it, or add a new cpu etc...), it means you have all the resources for your site, which means of course a faster site, to make things short, sooner or later this "empire" called unrv.com will go to the next level...

Below are the newest releases for October... Roman Battle Tactics 109BC-AD313 The Pompeii Pop-up (Pop Up) The Roman Triumph Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations Et Tu, Brute?: A Short History of Political Murder Rome and Persia in Late Antiquity: Neighbours and Rivals Roman Art from the Louvre Roman Life: 100 B.C. to A.D. 200 The Middle East under Rome The bestselling books page on Unrv.com is also updated...

Salve. It was indeed considered a Dutch's dialect until 1925. That would be the key point in my initial question, is Afrikaans considered interesting, from a linguist point of view, as the evolution from dialect to own language happend so recently... cheers viggen

Reading through this fascinating topic Norse influence in the English Language, i was wondering about a language i encountered a while back when i lived a couple of years in South Africa, Afrikaans, as far as i know the youngest germanic language there is, and i always wondered with such a young language and therefor scripts and books and written history probably almost from the beginning are available, if there were any interesting details that linguist could learn seing a language unfold virtually right from the beginning.... cheers viggen

Recently i stumpled upon a newspaper article about a cologne museum and there was a roman altar dedicated by a roman to a goddess named Vagdavercustis which intrigued me (aparently a germanic/celtic goddess of trees and wood), as the romans did adopt plenty of eastern gods but very few western, right? Wonder why...

An addiction is a recurring compulsion by an individual to engage in some specific activity. By that definition i am addicted to the internet, ..due to overload at work i can not log on to the net every day and it sucks, on an emotional and practical level... ...how did we manage without it before? (yeah i know we just were more outside sniffing fresh air, engange in recreational activities under something called sunlight and were talking with humans face to face) If there is something called heaven and paradise it better have an internet connection, cause being without one for just a couple of days already seems aweful, never mind eternetiy...

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I don`t know what is (is there?) wrong with me, no matter how good a new artist is, or how intriguing a new pop/rap/rock/soul/alternative/whatever song is, i quickly loose interest and get back to my good old 80`s songs... ...am i getting too old for all those new "superstars" that i dont seem to catch on? Sure, some of "my" hero`s" are still around, but there are not many that made it all the way from the eighties into todays charts, so how will todays kids feel in twenty years? Do older folks then me cherish "their" time (if there is such a thing) like the 70s or 60s, is that just the flow of nature that your teens are the most influential period and you cant seem to move on? ...anyway, i am feeling a little nostalgic today and Vienna from Ultravox is just the right medicine for the moment!

The mystery of what killed the Neanderthals has moved a step closer to resolution after an international study led by the University of Leeds has ruled out one of the competing theories

You want strenght? Habana may be the answer too, he`s one of the best tackler i know off... cheers viggen

Finally the Rugby World Cup has started, the most entertaining team sport (in my eyes at least) kicked of in France and the host already got beaten up by Argentina, a not so big surprise if you look at their last 5 encounters... So, everyone is talking about New Zealand and how they will be the next world champion, i tell you know it is not going to be easy, i got a hunch they have to take on France in the quarter final and will get kicked out of the tournament, leaving the door open for South Africa to reclaim their 1995 title ...ok, just a day dream, but if you want to see one very exiting amazing fast winger in action, for Bryan Habana, a rocket on the rugby field... Go Springbocks...

A Roman boat in near-immaculate condition has been dredged up from the bay of Cartagena. Archaeologists say the find dates back to the first century B.C. The team from Cartagena

Below are the newest releases for September... The Middle East under Rome The Murder of Regilla - A Case of Domestic Violence in Antiquity Roman Furniture Rome and Persia in Late Antiquity: Neighbours and Rivals Jewish Identity in the Greco-roman World Roman Cosmetics & Perfumes The bestselling books page on Unrv.com is also updated, and as you can see, it was Matyszak`s month!

Towns are passing curfews to keep them off the street. Parents are shelling out for gadgets to spy on them. Teens are subject to twice as many restrictions as prison inmates. But U.S. psychologist Robert Epstein says we are wasting a huge human resource: Let them choose when to leave school, work and vote, it's the birth of the new adult. Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente recently sparked a vigorous discussion when she described a new book in which Dr. Epstein argues that not only should young people have the same rights as adults, from voting and signing contracts to smoking and drinking but that the designation of teenager should be abolished entirely. What do you think? Are you prepared to see society skip adolescence?

A discovery in central France has led to a significant reassessment of the Gauls, who were, it transpires, much more advanced than previously thought. Rather than the random gatherings of rudimentary thatched huts illustrated in the Asterix books, first published in 1961, archaeologists now believe the Gauls lived in elegant buildings with tiled roofs, laid out in towns with public squares or forums.They also crafted metalwork just as complex as anything produced by the Romans, even before the Roman invasion in 52BC. The findings have been made at a dig in Corent, near Lyon, where archaeologists have uncovered what they believe is the palace of Vercingetorix, the last military leader of all Gaul. full article at the Telegraph

A coin found in a swamp could help prove a Spanish or Portuguese ship was wrecked on Australia's east coast years before Captain James Cook's voyage. The coin, found in a snake-infested marsh, could help prove a century-old theory that a Spanish or Portuguese ship was wrecked on Australia`s east coast years before Captain Cook`s famed voyage of discovery. more at News.com.au

Ancient cities arose not by decree from a centralized political power, as was previously widely believed, but as the outgrowth of decisions made by smaller groups or individuals, according to a new study from researchers at Harvard University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Edinburgh. Published in the Aug. 31st Science, the research was led by Jason Ur, assistant professor of anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, with Philip Karsgaard of the University of Edinburgh, and Joan Oates of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research of the University of Cambridge. full article at Eurekalert